Twins List Pregnancy Stats

There were 77 responses. --Deborah

Do Age and Height Influence the Outcome?		Weeks Carried Average: 36.6
Age at Birth Average: 31.4	31 and under	36.7 weeks
	32 and over	36.4 weeks
Height Average: 5' 5"	Under 5 ft 5 in	36.3 weeks
	5 ft 5 in and over	36.8 weeks

Average Maternal Weight Gain	Average Weight
	Larger Twin*	Smaller Twin*
40.2 lbs	6 lb 1 oz	5 lb 6 oz

* Note: Some twins were same weight

Gender
Boy/Girl	Boys	Girls
29	29	19

Delivery

72 women responded with the type of delivery.

• 29 or 40% had vaginal deliveries
  
• 38 or 53% had C-sections (several of which were emergency C-sections)
  
• 5 or 7% had a combo vaginal/C-section delivery
  

Pregnancy complications

Note: not everyone included information on complications during pregnancy/delivery (provided below), so I specified "at least" in front of each statistic below. They could be higher.

• Bedrest/hospitalization, etc.
  39 or 51% responded saying they either had bedrest, reduced work hours (or stopped work altogether) and/or hospitalizations.
• Pre-term labor
  At least 31 women (40.3%) had pre-term labor. Additionally, 1 water broke at 34 weeks (not sure if this counts as pre-term labor or not)
• Pre-eclampsia
  At least 10 women (13%) had pre-eclampsia.
• Gestational Diabetes
  At least 6 women (8%) had Gestational Diabetes.
• Other complications mentioned (3 or less women for each)
  HELP syndrome, Toxic, high blood pressure, dehydration, bleeding, platelet count falling, placenta previa, TTTS, PUPP, low amniotic fluid